Milk-can seal



w.vK. EDGAR..

MILK CAN SEAL.

APPLICATION FILED sEPT.19,1919.

Panted May 9, 1922.

Q Um grim" Ar y WILLI'M KEER EDGAR, 0F LAWRENCE, KANSAYSASSIGNOR TO THE EDG-AR STEEL,

.SEAL & MFG. C0., OF LAWRENCE, KANSAS.

MILK-GAN 'SEAL Specification of Letters-Patent. i

'Patented May 9,1922.

Application led September 19, 19.19.V Serial No; 324,757.v

To @ZZ whom it may concern: i

Be it kno-wn that I, WILLIAM KEER ED- GAR, a citizen of the United States, residing at Lawrencein the county of Douglas and i tate of Kansas, have invented a new and useful Milk-Can Seal, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to seals 'particularly adapted to sealthe lidofa receptacle such as a' milk can andthe primary object is to provide a seal which will become broken yupon any attempt to remove the cover, or to remove or adjust the seal after it has been placed in locked position.

A further object of this invention is to provide a seal which will be not only useful in disclosing any attempt to remove the same from the can but which, after being used to seal the can while en route to the consignee` may be again inserted in the can to retain the cover assembled therewith to insure its return to the shipper.

lt is another object of the invention to provide a seal consisting of a strip of metal which canbe adjusted to the can so as to eliminate lslack and, when bent backvaftel' being placed in sealing position, will break at the bending point.

An additional objectof this invention is to provide a seal of this character which consists of a strip of metal extended across the entire closure and engaged with the flared end of the can in sucha manner as to permit this strip being used as a handle.

Another object of the invention is to provide a device of this general character which .is simple in construction, inexpensive and efficient.l

'Vith the above and other objects in view, which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that various changes in the precise embodiment of the invention shown can be made without departing from the spirit of the invention.

Figure l is a plan view of a portion of a milk can showing the seal applied thereto, the seal being shown in position before the ends thereof are arranged in locked position;

v in the neck of thecan.

lillustrated in Figure el the strip is Figure 2 is a like view showing the ends of the-seal in locked position;

Figure 3 is a plan view of a modified embodiment of. the invention;

Figure 4 is a viewof the seal shownA inl Figure 3 inoperative position, the'dotted lines indicating the .position of the ends of.'

the seal before locked.

Figure 5l is an enlarged. sectional..view

.illustrating the tongueand slot connection embodied in thejconstruction illustrateil iny Figures 3 and 4;

Referring 1n detail to the drawmg, the numeral 5 designates a strip The flared end of the milk can designatedk at l0 is provided withv openings 11 at diametrically opposite points for the reception of the ends of the strip 5. l

In the application of the device to a milk can, the strip is extended across the can closure and over the handle thereof and its ends are inserted through thev openings 1l These ends are then bent at the weakened points back over the edge of the neck of the can and each notched end is sprung laterally into engagement with the longitudinal edge of the strip asin Figure 2. Should an attempt be made to remove the seal, the same would break at one ofthe weakened lines.

In the modified form of the invention rovided with a longitudinal sloty l2,v iriteris enlarged as shown at 13. The adjawhich formed of a metal which can bekbent in' onev direction .butwill break if bent inthe oppolocked poi cent end terminates in a key or T-shaped i head lll which is insertable into the large end of slot l2 after theV seal has been bent into engagement'with the milk can and is pulled to the other endof the slot thus to form a tight loop. The other end ofthe strip is the same Construction as shown in Figures l and 2. Writ-h this arrangement all slack in the strip may be readily taken up.

lWhat is Claimed iszil.. The combination with a milk can having opposed openings and a closure insertable between the openings oi a seal comprising a strip of metal inserted through the openings, and over the closure the strip being provided with score lines in one tace thereoi1 near its ends, said ends being` bent at the score lines to form loops engaging the can,` and means at the ends of the strip ior engaging intermediate portions of the strip to Close the can engaging loops, the strip being adapted to break along any one of the score lines when a loop is opened.

'2. seal comprising a strip oi metal having a notch in one side at one end and a head at its other end, there being a slot in the strip provided with an enlarged end, said strip having transverse score lines near its ends, the strip being bendable along said lines to torm loops, the notched portion being movable into engagement with one edge ot the strip to close one loop and the head being insertable into and movable within the slot to close and Contract the other loop, said strip being adapted to break along one of the score lines when either loop is o-pened.

A seal comprising an elongated strip having its end portions foldable inwardly, and means upon the ends ot the strip Jfor i ,arnesi engagement with intermediate portions of said strip to form closed loops, said strip being Jformed of a material adapted to break when the strip is partly or entirely straightened at the bends therein.

The combination with a eontainerhaving opposed openings, of a seal comprising an elongated strip insertable longitudinally through the openings and having its end portions toldable inwardly toward each other, means upon the end portions ofthe strip for detaoha-bly engaging intermediate portions thereof to provide Closed loops engaging the apertnred portions of the oontainer, said strip being formed of material adapted to break apart when the strip is partly or entirely straightened at the bends.

A seal comprising an elongated strip bendable upon itself to form a loop and having a notch in one side for the reception ot an opposed portion ot the loop, thereby to Close the loop, said strip having a portion adapted to be rebent to open the loop, said portion beine: vweakened to insure breaking when rebent.

ln testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, l have hereto aliiXed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

VILLAM KEER EDGAR.

lVitnesses LrirorrroN R. MELVIN, Rosa ROBINSON. 

